Relevant Projects – Smelting And Refining

2012 PEX FURE scenarios analysis

Mandante:Codelco – Chuquicamata Division

Location:15 km north of Calama, II Region of Antofagasta, Chile

Description of the project: Implementation, in conjunction with COPRIM, of the PEX FURE (Smelting-Refinery Exploration Plan, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Codelco – Chuquicamata Division’s concentrates processing, for the 2012 planning cycle. The 2012 PEX FURE includes the handling of concentrates from 2012 until the 2050’s, and includes the existing improvement projects in the foundries of Chuquicamata and Potrerillos to be implemented in the short term, as well as the separation work of concentrates in the Chuquicamata concentrator also to be implemented in the short term.

Services provided:Risk assessments, strategic planning, costs studies and projects evaluation, among others.

Man-hours contracted:7.000

Period:2011

Increase of the treatment capacity of copper slag at Altonorte